How feedback influences persistence, disengagement, and change in goal pursuit

Goal-Directed Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 203-230

  Fishbach, Ayelet ^a   Finkelstein, Stacey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203869666     Document Type: Chapter

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